Alberto Aran M. D.

Medical Director of Aran Eye Associates

Alberto Aran, M.D.is a board certified from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and American Board Certified from the American Board of Eye Surgeons. He is the medical director at Aran Eye Associates and the Laser Center of Coral Gables, a TLC affiliate. Dr. Aran completed his corneal and external disease fellowship at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. He received his ophthalmology residency training at Tulane University of Medicine where he also finished his internal medicine internships and completed his medical degree with honors in 1981.

Dr. Aran graduated Magna Cum Laude from Spring Hill College in Alabama and received his medical degree with honors from the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has received a citation from the United States Congress for his selfless contribution to the needy and his extensive volunteer work as an eye physician and surgeon. Dr. Aran is listed in the “Who’s Who Amongst Outstanding Americans” and received the 1979 Belen Jesuit Prep School “Men for Others” award.

Dr.
Aran’s vast clinical experience includes over 80,000 surgical procedures and
has performed over 50,000 cataract surgeries. As a scholar, he is widely sought
out as a “training physician” by his peers. He was the first ophthalmic surgeon
in Florida to use the FDA-approved Excimer Laser and he has trained many South
Florida physicians in the use of Excimer Laser technology over the years. Dr. Aran has been the recipient of many prestigious honors and awards including: